Welcome - The Body in Early Modern Europe HSTC 2350   The Body in Early Modern Europe
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course will explore how the emergence of the modern self intersected with changing conceptions of the body. We will explore such topics as the rise of Renaissance anatomy; Early Modern perceptions of gender, race, and sexual difference; new explanations of madness and melancholy; monstrous and demonic bodies; representations of the diseased body; and the emergence of the modern ideal of the disciplined body.
FORMAT:
  • Lecture
  • Tutorial

CROSS-LISTING: EMSP 2350.03